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Hawaiia minuscula

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Pristilomatidae

Scientific name
  
Hawaiia minuscula

Higher classification
  
Hawaiia

Superfamily
  
Gastrodontoidea

Genus
  
Hawaiia

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Zonitoides arboreus, Punctum minutissimum, Gastrocopta, Striatura, Helicodiscus

Hawaiia minuscula, common name the minute gem or minute gem snail, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pristilomatidae.

Distribution

The indigenous distribution of this snail species is: North America.

The non-indigenous distribution includes:

  • Australia
  • Czech Republic as a "hothouse alien"
  • Great Britain as a "hothouse alien"
  • References

    Hawaiia minuscula Wikipedia